Saturday, August 18, 2007 Sunny and cool. After breakfast I headed into Yungaburra central (1 min. from the lodge and takes about 10 minutes to walk through, if you walk really slowly!).They had a gem shop which had lots of different types of opal and pearls. It was very interesting to hear the owners discuss how you can tell different opals and...

On to Yungaburra and inland to the Atherton Tablelands. We had rain all the way along isolated roads. No views to be had due to the rain, but still lovely. We stopped in Mareeba for the Coffee Works, a tourist trap with good coffee nonetheless. From there, we took a little sidetrip to the wetlands, off the beaten path along a dirty country road....